Publisher's Synopsis
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September campaign, 1939 defensive war and Poland campaign, was an attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II.
Invasion of Poland
Index
Chapter 1: Invasion of Poland
1.1 Failure of League of Nations
1.2 Expansionism and militarism
1.3 Germans vs. Slavs
1.4 Japan's seizure of resources and markets
1.5 Mason-Overy debate: "Flight into War" theory
Chapter 2: Proximate causes
2.1 Remilitarization of the Rhineland
2.2 Italian invasion of Abyssinia
2.3 Spanish Civil War
2.4 Second Sino-Japanese War
2.5 Anschluss
2.6 Munich Agreement
2.7 German occupation and Slovak independence
2.8 Italian invasion of Albania
2.9 Soviet-Japanese Border War
2.10 Danzig crisis
2.11 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Chapter 3: Declarations of war
3.1 Invasion of Soviet Union
Chapter 4: Opposing forces
4.1 Poland
Chapter 5: German Plan
5.1 Polish defence plan
5.2 German invasion
Chapter 6: Soviet invasion of Poland
6.1 Poland between the two world wars
6.2 Treaty negotiations
6.3 Soviet preparations
6.4 Soviet invasion of Poland
6.5 Opposing forces
6.6 Military campaign
6.7 Domestic reaction
6.8 International reaction
Chapter 7: Aftermath
7.1 Belorussia and Ukraine
7.2 Communist and later censorship
7.3 Civilian deaths
7.4 Aftermath
7.5 Eyewitness accounts
7.6 Misconceptions
7.7 Polish Air Force
7.8 Polish resistance to the invasion
7.9 First use of Blitzkrieg strategy
